RED AND WHITE CURRANTS 



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was introduced about 1883, and became widely known and very 

 generally prized, although receiving adverse mention from some 

 quarters. Described as vigorous, though not as strong as Cherry, 

 somewhat spreading, with the lower branches often trailing on the 

 ground. Clusters long, with a good stem between the branch and 

 the fruit, making it easy to gather. Fruit varying from medium 

 to large, uniform in size, of good quality, darker than Red Dutch. 



Fig. 67. Climbing currant. 



Pulp less acid than the Cherry. The comments on this variety, 

 made at different times and places, afford interesting reading. 

 Witness the following: 



One of the few new fruits which justify the rosy promises of the advertiser. 

 E. Williams, Garden and Forest, 1: 283. Additional commendation. Ibid, 356. 



More productive than other sorts, with fruit as large and as good, possessing 

 one fault, and that being that the plants tend to develop a trailing habit, the 

 lower branches lying on the ground, curling up at the end. Ibid, 3: 405. 



Good size, but not produ'ctive-enough in Indiana. Ibid, 6:347. 



No larger than Cherry and Versaillaise, less productive, and much inferior in 

 quality. American Garden, 1888: 300. 



